The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-08-10

bas, where, besides indist net reading
and illegible writing. she had been taught
a smattering of the ologies, acadeulica
French and schoolgirl music. This wa.
her first summer tour. She looked up t,
the new conner as rather mature gentle
man, 20 seeming old TO Is; but as she
heard him and her brother talk she was
amazed and rather delighted at the vas;
amount of information possessed by the
big stranger Braxton had travelled all
over Europe and Asia-he was in Pales-
tine when the news Of his fathers sud-
( den death reached him-and he had
been keen observer. Quiet as he gen
orally was, and even reserved, he was
quite entertaining when drawn out, and
! little Margaret listened with widely open
ed ears, remaining quietly in the back
ground, with nothing to say. Impulsive e
at times, she WIS shy in general, and with
a pleasant, easy way at home, was bash
ful among strangers if they were her
J seniors She had not Marian's manner
nor Marian's beauty. though she was
neither awkward nor homely. She look
ed more like her mother, who had been
dark, while her sister and brother were
fair She inherited one thing from her
mother-a pair Of large dark hazel eyes,
that at times Iitup her face with a strange
lustre.
Marian put forth her whole fascination,
and Braxton seemed to succumb to it at
once. They all walked back TO the ho-
tel. where Orrington and Braxton--it was
Jack, my boy" and Elmore, old fel-
low, with them-recalled their old col
le.e scrapes to quite late hour When
the party separated for the night it SEEM
ed as though Elmore Braxton had been
long as intimate with the rest Of the fam
ily as he had been wears before with
Jack.
1t was soon rumored around who Brax-
ton was, or rather what be was, and he
received considerable attention from far
seeing fathers and match making moth
ers, with modest smiles from spinsters
thrown in but he clsng TO Jack and his
party, and Marian was tiuIHphat She
was still more elated when he promised
to be their guest in Philadelphia 50 soon
as he had visited coal mine in Penn
sylvania in which he was heavily inter-
ested. lie was 10 part with them at
Buffalo, the others taking a different
route
The morning Of the day he left Bufi;a-
10, Margaret was late at the breakfas;
table where the party sat, and John rath-
er impatiently asked of Marian, What
does keep little Miss Ugly p
Braxton started suddenly, and re-
peated the last three words of the ques-
ton.
oh" cried John, laughing, had
forgotten that you didn't know our do
nestic slang. The name is fastened on
Margaret, but it has no reference 10 her
looks. When she was a baby, and was
teething, she was rather fretfuI, and faith
er playfully called her Little Miss Ugly
II grew into pet name with ali of US,
much to mothers disgust. 1t yexes her,
though, and We only use it inadvertent-
ly, just as it came out now"
Margaret il a nice little girl, though
Uniformed as yet, said Marian, she is
not as impuisive as she used 10 be though
she is still little more than a child"
Peggy's impulses are good ones Mar
ian, said John
Oh, of course, or she wouldn't be an
Orrington but they DO lead TO ridiculous
consequences sometimes, Just think of
that tramp"
All - said Braxton, inquiringly.
4" 1t is commonplace enough, Elmore,"
observed Jack, but it gave US lots offun
at the time. Just afferwe were graduated
YOU went off somewhere for tramping
tour. and | came home. and we all went
up to the country house Margaret was
a girl of u then. in short dresses, and
fond of climbing fences and rambling
round, which accounts for her rather ro-
bust health. Grandfather Sackville-
that was the year before he died-gave
her $40 gold piece for spending money
She didn't like % break it, and carried ii
around in her pocket OFF she went the
next day to famous blackberry patch
we had at one end of the place. intending
doubtless 10 eat her fill. child like. She
happened to be near the fence, when
she saw two i'll looking fellowscrouching
under the bank-the road is cut deep
there She hid among some coppice
and watched them, fearing to let them
see her Presently young fellow came
along whistling The two tramps sud
denly sprang on him. According TO Mar
garet's account he was a plBcky chap,
and fought like a tiger, but the two
tramps were too much for him. They
Knocked him down, turned out his pock
cts. captured his watch, and made off,
leaving him faint and bleeding When
they were gone Peggy came out, acted
the good Samaritan, and wiped the blood
off his face with her handkerchief He
thanked her and asked who she was
'Oh, I'm little Miss Ugly was her reply
Then, as she thought he xas left desti-
tute, she forced the $40 gold piece IN his
hand, and by that time, | suppose got
frightened at her own boldness. At all
events, she ran away, and reached home
trembling. When she told her story We
all laughed, except grandfather; he WAS
incensed, and declared he wouldn't give
her ,nything for six months. And now
comes the odd part oft While we We're
discussing the matter, and poking fun at
the little girl, in walked our man Pat
rick with a letter in his hani- He was
very-indignani II is for Won, Miss Mar
garet. A hlagyard beyant towld me to
give it 10 Miss Uglv. I'd hev pounded
the face of him, only he VISA otf ike
shot an Pounuro IL was any hoN- Tie
looked as av he'd been in rfction some
where-the impident crater, The let
ter was opened and hai SO note in it
and some words written in lead pencil.
The substance of this vas thanks for
Kindness. and statement that the mon
ey was not needed, and 80 returned, the
ruifians having only got some loose